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Anyone who has become an expert in a field will often be asked by a novice the same inevitable question "How did you become such a great singer, or dancer, or actor, etc". If you observe carefully, the answer consistently contains something in the fashion of "It's hard work, you have to earn it.  Nothing comes easily.  If you really want it you can get there too, there's ...

There are millions of ways of looking at the human psyche, different angles. Vets know about people by learning to deal with animals, bartenders learn through observing how people interact at bars, GPs know though the stories that people tell them, etc...Business people can learn through marketing. Magic happens when you start to look at the same thing through different angles. So, I was reading that book about marketing, ...

There are two topics that I find utterly fascinating. Business and the human psyche, more particularly men-women relationships. Totally different topics aren't they? What links could there be? Well, there is a business around men-women relationships, people selling dating DVD "systems" or writing books like the best-seller "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus". Conversely, it is common wise advice that a couple should not run a ...

Here is a very fine selection of NO B.S. absolutely mind-blowing exercise fact that I have put together for the past 2 to 3 years. It  took me the passionate reading of dozens if not hundreds of research articles and book chapters to bump into this. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did when I discovered these precious pearls of knowledge: 1. A dehydration of 2% ...

I have used email marketing for about 2 years now, most of it in the wrong way because I did what most beginners do. Only now do I understand the serious danger of not knowing the following. For instance, did you know that if more than 1 person OUT OF 1000 click your email into "Report Spam" this can block your outgoing emails in the future? Ok, so what ...

Si vous voulez le top du top et que le budget est vraiment le dernier de vos soucis, et que ça vous dérange pas d'aller parfois loin, c'est déjà résolu; trouvez le Fitness First qui vous arrange. C'est le must absolu avant la salle privé pour les célébrités. Sinon : Le site de la Marie de Paris recense les salles de muscu associatives. Je n'ai jamais testé (la plus proche ...

A popular proverb says "Have and do what you love, or at least love what you do and have". Although a fair supporter of the idea of pursuing one's dreams, there is something just as necessary, fulfilling, and yet easier to achieve: it's the "love what you have" part. Because we grew up in the 20th century, we just take for granted what surrounds us nowadays. Same goes for our ...

If you're around South-East Asia, you like nature, gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, challenge, and you're in good physical condition, then I do recommend that you go for climbing the 4000+ meters of Mt Kinabalu. Here is some very valuable advice from someone who's done it in the worst possible conditions and learned from it for next time. The ascent is done in 2 steps. You register the first morning ...

The main worry of most athletes and trainers, whether they perform resistance training or aerobics, is how fast they can progress. A question that should be addressed with a lot more attention is: If I stop training, how much of what I gained am I going to lose? The numbers are quite striking and much likely to make you think twice before you keep off the track or ...

Ok, if you workout  by doing the same stuff you find on all websites: forget about all that, it's bullshit. I mean it may work but it's obsolete and inefficient. You need to train smartly basing your action on science and research rather than recommendations of popular gorillas. When you look like him you are on the right path: Apart from the 1-set to failure workout method, heavily described ...